As most of you know I am very busy and get to spend little time working on my own personal RS. Today I was able to take a little time and tune the car. Recently I have had the urge to make power on the new HTA86. The current set up is about 6 months old. The car has been sitting and has seen very little dyno time since the RTA event last year. Today I actually was very impressed with the results of the car considering.

 The current setup of the car is as follows:

 BR 2.0L
 BR double pumper
 BR fuel rail
 BR FF HTA86
 BR FMIC rear entry street core
 BR LICP kit
 BR UICP kit
 Reese Tuning Rev3 Intake Manifold
 Reese Tuning Race cylinder head
 BF272 cam
 PTE1200cc injectors
 MIL.SPEC 65mm throttle body
 Exedy twin HD clutch
 AEM EMS
 Stock Exhaust/ Cutout
 

  The car is pretty basic as far as the mods are concerned This build is no different than the customer cars we build here. The RS is a very simple car. Very straight forward and pretty basic. It really is, don't be deceived by the nice wheels and clean paint. I do take very well of the car and it is well kept.

 I absolutely love how good this car has been to me. Never caused any issues other than when I ran it to the ground in Nevada at Spring Mountain. It has been very reliable and anxious to make power, always!

  So on to the tuning portion. Since tomorrow we are having the big dyno day and expecting to see some of the big dog cars come out. I decided I would have to tune my car as well. Everyone makes 780 whp at 22 psi. Why can't I? Well I can't. Turns out my RS is not capable of that. But what she was capable of was 705awhp and 560 tq at 39psi.

 Here is the graph from earlier today. Keep in mind this is with a 272 cam.

 Peak boost was 39psi, AFR was 12.2. All tuning, work and installs were done here at Reese Tuning.

 Enjoy,

 James Reese

The time has come again for another dyno shootout/dyno day. We will be hosting this event here at Reese Tuning in Santee CA.

   June 6th, 12 noon til the keg runs dry.

   Catered Mexican Food,DJ,Ice Cream, Food, Beer, Drinks, Raffle, Etc.

   Run what you brung, must have a complete exhaust system.

   Prize will be $500 to the highest horsepower, highest tq EVO.

   All cars are welcome to enter the shootout.

   ALL SHOP CARS WELCOME

  

   
     We will have a entry fee of $75 dollars a car. A excellent time to run your car on the dyno or just see how much power the car is making, running etc.

    We had a great turn out last time. This time around I will be posting this around all the EVO forums inorder to generate a little more attention and turn out. For everyone that missed the last event this is your time to come show how much power you claim to have.

     I am looking to meeting some new faces and having a great time. Thank you to everyone who attended the last event. It was a blast.

     So feel free to come hang out, drink beer and have a great time. All are welcome. The new dyno can accomodate just about anything with wheels. Serious. This puppy is enormous. A true machine. I love it. Let get a list going on who plans to attend. So this time there is no excuses on who showed and didn't.

   Thanks for reading,

     James Reese

Here is a recent car we just finished. This car is owned locally and is one of the nicest, well taken care of EVO's I have seen in a long time.

 All work and tuning was done here @ Reese Tuning. The mod list is as follows:

  EVO 9 MR
  OEM Long Block
  AEM Short Ram intake
  Cosworth M2 Cams
  ARP Headstuds
  ETS FMIC Street Core
  Invidia 02 Housing
  BBK Full
  3 port solenoid
  TBE with test pipe
  FIC 1050c injectors
  Single walbro gss 342 modified
  ACT MB7HDSS clutch
  OEM Flywheel

  Here are some photos of the car on the dyno.

  The car was tuned on Ethanol 85. Desired boost level was 28psi. Customers desired AFR was 11.8. I spent a good amount of time meeting his needs yet still making decent power. The BBK is a nice turbo for those who want to remain stock appearing yet give up very little low end power. I would have to say it does fairly well. The turbo did great holding boost with very minimal help.

 All in all I was very pleased with the outcome and end results. I am sure the owner is just as happy as I am. Thank for allowing us to tune your car Nick!

   Thanks for reading,

  James Reese